The Ice Empress hugged Lan for a while before finally letting go, but the curiosity and scrutiny on her face only grew stronger.
"Words alone prove nothing."
The corners of her lips curled into an intrigued smile.
"Let Aunt Bing test just how powerful your 'Mysterious Heaven Ice-Fire Body' really is."
Before she had even finished speaking, an intensely icy aura surged from her palm.
This was no ordinary chill. It was the source power of a seven-hundred-thousand-year-old Ice Jade Empress Scorpion—Ultimate Ice!
This power was enough to freeze a Soul Douluo's soul in an instant.
Dugu Bo's heart jumped as he watched from the side, and he instinctively wanted to warn Lan.
But the ice-blue stream of energy had already landed squarely on Lan's chest.
There was no earth-shaking collision, nor any scene of ice shards flying everywhere.
The Ultimate Ice, powerful enough to make heaven and earth change color, met Lan's skin and melted into him without a sound, like spring snow beneath the blazing sun. It didn't even leave behind a trace of frost.
Like a clay ox entering the sea, it vanished without a trace.
"This...!"
The Ice Empress's pupils abruptly contracted, and for the first time, genuine shock appeared on her face.
She understood better than anyone how powerful that attack had been.
Yet Lan had... taken it without a scratch?
No, "taken it" wasn't quite right. It was more like he had... absorbed it?
"Monster."
The Ice Empress stared at Lan for a long while before finally uttering two words from her red lips.
"You really are a Little Monster."
Dugu Bo came over, too, circling Lan twice as he clicked his tongue in amazement.
"Monster doesn't begin to cover it. This is unheard of!"
Feeling the Soul Power flowing through him, Lan smiled